Finance
Business Support
Junior Climate Data Scientist
16-09-2026
Competitive
Medior
Rotterdam
As a Junior Climate Data Scientist at Robeco, you research, develop and maintain climate analytics for investment decisions-evaluating datasets, building and validating climate metrics/models, writing reproducible Python code, and delivering tools, dashboards and reports for stakeholders.
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Junior Climate Data Scientist
Role purpose: Support climate and environmental analytics by cleaning, analyzing, and modeling climate datasets to generate actionable insights for research and decision-making. Core responsibilities - Collect, validate, and preprocess climate, weather, and geospatial datasets from internal and external sources. - Develop and maintain reproducible data pipelines and analysis workflows. - Apply statistical analysis and machine learning to detect trends, anomalies, and climate signals. - Create clear visualizations and dashboards to communicate findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders. - Document methods, assumptions, and data provenance to ensure transparency and auditability. - Collaborate with scientists, engineers, and policy teams to define questions, metrics, and success criteria. Required skills and qualifications - Foundational experience in data science, statistics, or a related quantitative field. - Proficiency in Python (e.g., pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn) and/or R for analysis and modeling. - Experience working with time series data and large datasets; familiarity with NetCDF, GRIB, or similar formats is beneficial. - Understanding of climate science concepts (e.g., variability, extremes, emissions scenarios) or strong willingness to learn. - Data visualization skills (e.g., matplotlib, seaborn, Plotly) and ability to write clear technical documentation. - Comfort with version control (Git) and reproducible research practices. Success indicators - Accurate, well...